Police () is a small
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the
Municipality of Cerkno
The Municipality of Cerkno ( sl, Občina Cerkno) is a municipality in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia.
The seat of the municipality is the town of Cerkno. The municipality has around 5,000 people.
History
Historically, the Ce ...
in the traditional
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
The local church is dedicated to the
Nativity of Mary
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The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's bir ...
and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
of
Šentviška Gora
Šentviška Gora ( or , in order sources ''Svetoviška Gora'', german: Sankt Veitsberg) is the main settlement in the hills between the valleys of the Bača and Idrijca rivers, known as the ( sl, Šentviška planota) or Šentviška Gora Plateau ( ...
.
Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
Police on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Cerkno
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